Perce Hudson was
an old farmer. His wife died sometime during the last
half of the 1980's. His daughter, Bernice, had taken off
with a young man, Sean Thomas, many years ago and was
living as a hippie for the past few decades. Perce never
really forgave her for not turning out better, especially
when she failed to turn up for his wife's funeral.

Totally against
Perce's wishes, his granddaughter, Darcy, came to live with him in November 1991 and Bernice showed up a few months
later, in April 1992. He grew to enjoy having
them there, though he tried hard not to show it. In late
1992, he and Esme
Watson
began to cultivate a special friendship, though Esme was
careful to ensure that her name was never associated with
anything unseemly.